Paper-bag holder



" (No Model.)

G. W. COOK.

PAPER BAGHOLDER.

. No. 273,963. Patented Mar. 13,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT 'OFFICEQ GEORGE 'w. 0001;, on o IoAeo, ILLINOIS, ASSI TYRE, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

. PAPER-BAG HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 273,963, dated. March 13, 1883. Application filed August 22, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. 000K, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Uook and State of.

Illinois, have invented an Improvement in Paper-Bag Holders, of which the following is a specification, to wit My invention relates to devices for holding paper bags in stores; and it consistsincertain peculiarities of construction and arrangement which will presently be more fully explained.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to avail themselves of the benefits of my invention,I will now proceed to describe. its construction andoperation, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a 'front view of my invention, and Fig. 2 a side elevation of the same.

A represents a board or back, of suitable size, provided with eyes M, for suspending the device from a nail or screws on the wall.

B is a casting secured to the face of the back Aandformed with the post I). This post is bifurcated at its outer end, and pivoted to this bifurcation-is a frame, (3, which extends downward a suitable distance, andis provided with Any desired number of these arms may be used, having their inner edges serrated, as seen in Fig. 2, and

their lower ends rounded, so as to allow the bags to slip under them without catching. Above the post bthe frame 0 is provided with a thumb-piece, 0, having a socket, c, on its under side, in which is secured one end of a spiral spring, D, the opposite end resting in a similar socket, b, on the casting B.

Under the frame 0, secured to the back A, a

is a block, E, having its inner face concaved, as shown, and just below this block I secure across the back a double beveled strip, a.

When it is desired to place bags in this holder I select any desired number and double their lower ends over, as seen in Fig. 2, and then depress the thumb-piece 0, raising the of slipping the bags into place. The fold of the pile of bags rests in the concave side of the block E, and the beveled strip a under the back of the bags causes a curve in the pile at that point to assist in holding them in place. Upon releasing the thumb-piece the frame is forced back to place by the action of the spring 1), and

the legs 0 a press tightly against the bags and hold them securely in position. When one is wanted the topone is easily drawn out, while the others are held by the serrated legs 0 c and prevented from following. It will be seen that a holder constructed as I have described will hold any sized bag from the smallest to the largest.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as'new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, in a bag-holder, of the back A, having block E, and beveled. strip a, with the post 1), frame 0, serrated legs 0 c, and spring D, all constructed and arranged to ope erate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

GNOR To JOHN M. Main:

'frame 0, with its legs 0 0, sufficiently to allow 5 that any number of legs .0 0 may be used, and

will be cheap, durable, "and convenient, and

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

e130. W. cook. Witnesses:

ELIAS BRAMAN, OHAs. KRESSMANN. 

